Millersville

Career Highlights

• All-PSAC 1st Team (2023)
• Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division II National Academic Squad (2020, 2021)
• Named PSAC Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022, 2023)

2023 (Senior)

• Named to All-PSAC 1st Team
• Started all 17 games and tied for sixth in points with eight
• Ranked sixth in minutes played with 828
• Led the team in shots with 47 and shots on goal with 24
• Assisted the first goal of the season against Saint Anselm on Sept. 1
• Recorded an assist in three straight games from Sept. 10–Sept. 20
• Scored a goal and tallied an assist against Frostburg State on Sept. 20
• Scored a late goal to force overtime against Lander on Oct. 22

2022 (Redshirt Sophomore) 

• Tied for second on the team in goals with five
• Millersville's go-to player on penalty strokes, converting three in three chances
• Scored the game-winning goal on a stroke with 1:14 remaining in regulation against then-No. 1 West Chester on Oct. 12
• Placed 17 of 28 shots on goal

2021 (Redshirt Freshman) 

• Flashed offensive ability after freshman season of 2020 was canceled
• Played in all 19 of the team's games and started one
• Scored five goals and added two assists for 12 points, ranking sixth on the team
• Fourth on the team with 30 shots
• Scored first collegiate goal on Sept. 12 vs. Converse

High School 

• Played field hockey, soccer, tennis, and golf.
• Placed fourth at St. Mary's Festival in 2016. 
• Named Most Valuable Player in 2018. 
• Made the Southern Gauteng team in 2015 and 2019. 
• Team captain in 2019. 
• Member of the Benoni Notherns Hockey Club and the JSA Women's Hockey Club. 

About the Marauder 

• Why Millersville: I chose Millersville because of the beautiful campus and the very welcoming hockey coach Shelly Behrens. 
• Off-the-field hobbies: Baking and cooking 
• Interesting summer job or internship: Coaching hockey 
• Hidden talent: I can cook pretty well. 
• Favorite pro athletes: Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, and Christiano Ronaldo
• Favorite series to binge watch: Friends or Prison Break 
• Pregame ritual: Strech, listening to music, warm up by myself for five minutes and get my head in the game, and warm up with the team. 

Personal 

• Daughter of Peter and Jane Strijdom. 
• Sister of Matthew. 
• Majoring in business management.